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Title: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: HendyZone on Mon, 09 April 2018, 05:54:13
Hey guys,

Somehow recently i miss click remove button on the shares folder in my "WD My Cloud". All the files on that folder deleted.
I already tried using the Z-a-recovery (premium license) but the files on the NAS not shown at all, all just the system file

(https://i.imgur.com/CqTRTGs.png)

Is there any recommendation to get some files at least back / recovered ?
Most of the files are JPG/PSD/PSB

I appreciate for any helps :thumb:
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Leslieann on Mon, 09 April 2018, 06:28:40
I was going to say you need to pull the drive from the NAS and connect it using a sata cable but then I noticed RAID, it always complicates things (I'll bite my tongue on that issue as it won't solve your problem). If it's still in the NAS you may need to pull the drive in order to get direct access, trying to recover files through a usb or ethernet connection doesn't give you the same hardware level access.


As silly as it sounds, I've seen Recuva recover files expensive programs couldn't.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 09 April 2018, 07:22:35
I was going to say you need to pull the drive from the NAS and connect it using a sata cable but then I noticed RAID, it always complicates things (I'll bite my tongue on that issue as it won't solve your problem). If it's still in the NAS you may need to pull the drive in order to get direct access, trying to recover files through a usb or ethernet connection doesn't give you the same hardware level access.


As silly as it sounds, I've seen Recuva recover files expensive programs couldn't.

I've always suspected Recuva is an NSA affiliated corporation, they know their stuff alrite.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: HendyZone on Mon, 09 April 2018, 08:16:40
I was going to say you need to pull the drive from the NAS and connect it using a sata cable but then I noticed RAID, it always complicates things (I'll bite my tongue on that issue as it won't solve your problem). If it's still in the NAS you may need to pull the drive in order to get direct access, trying to recover files through a usb or ethernet connection doesn't give you the same hardware level access.


As silly as it sounds, I've seen Recuva recover files expensive programs couldn't.

Yeah i have disassemble the HDD from the enclosure
same like this one ->
(https://jmeh.com/wp-content/uploads/testdisk.jpg)

connect on WIN 7 using this USB 3 SATA adapter :
(https://i.imgur.com/E3WB0Hq.jpg)

Recuva, well noted will try it then  :thumb: :thumb:

Thanks a lot~


I've always suspected Recuva is an NSA affiliated corporation, they know their stuff alrite.


Will try Recuva then :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: HendyZone on Mon, 09 April 2018, 08:41:06
Update:

Try purchase Recuva Pro, no partition detected
They even can't read the NAS disk size :(

K, L, M, N, O all from NAS drive

(https://i.imgur.com/32bA6tA.png)
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: gjkrisa on Mon, 09 April 2018, 11:48:54
If it's that important I'd try these guys
https://www.werecoverdata.com
Here is a good review video for them

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Leslieann on Tue, 10 April 2018, 03:30:16
No, not Sata to usb, no adapters, period.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: HendyZone on Tue, 10 April 2018, 08:21:18
If it's that important I'd try these guys
https://www.werecoverdata.com
Here is a good review video for them

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Thank you for the info, but looks like that service will cost very expensive

Looks like ZAR deep scan method working now, at least it needs around 17 Hours to complete the scanning.
(https://i.imgur.com/oefovnq.png)

Trying to recover it and will close the thread once success, hopefully the software useful for others people later :thumb:
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Blaise170 on Tue, 10 April 2018, 09:30:57
Ultimately if you don't keep your data backed up, the cost of recovery becomes very expensive.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Leslieann on Tue, 10 April 2018, 17:03:43
Thank you for the info, but looks like that service will cost very expensive

Trying to recover it and will close the thread once success, hopefully the software useful for others people later :thumb:
If it works like most, that is just the scan and depending on what it finds, then you you get the fun of trying to sort though the things you trashed or revised, if some have the same file name and even figuring out if it's intact or can be rebuilt...

There's a reason data recovery is so expensive.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Blaise170 on Wed, 11 April 2018, 07:47:22
There's a reason data recovery is so expensive.

Not to mention the hardware costs for opening one up if necessary.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 11 April 2018, 08:53:47
There's a reason data recovery is so expensive.

Not to mention the hardware costs for opening one up if necessary.

Love that Laminar-air-Flow !!
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: HendyZone on Thu, 12 April 2018, 06:07:25
Thank you all,

I can recommend this powerful software for NAS - standard HDD should be works great too i think
https://www.z-a-recovery.com/
License cost : $69.95(US)

around 200 GB files got recovered in ~17 hours :p

(https://i.imgur.com/Jx2aPgk.png)

CASE CLOSED :thumb: :thumb:

Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 12 April 2018, 21:42:26
That's fantastic!

Congratulations on a successful outcome :)
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Kennedy on Wed, 18 April 2018, 04:26:54
If it is NAS drive, I can suggest a software which I have used. I did not create any restore point, so when the data was lost I had no choice other than purchasing a NAS recovery tool.
https://www.remosoftware.com/recover-data-from-network-drive. But this is slightly costly than what you have recommended.
I even tried using Recuva, but unfortunately it did not work for me.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Coreda on Wed, 18 April 2018, 04:37:34
Thank you all,

I can recommend this powerful software for NAS - standard HDD should be works great too i think
https://www.z-a-recovery.com/
License cost : $69.95(US)

around 200 GB files got recovered in ~17 hours :p

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/Jx2aPgk.png)


CASE CLOSED :thumb: :thumb:

I wonder how this compares to PhotoRec, in terms of recovery power (GUI vs CLI aside). I'll keep it in mind. Looks like the original filenames were intact which is a bonus.
Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: HendyZone on Wed, 18 April 2018, 05:07:10
If it is NAS drive, I can suggest a software which I have used. I did not create any restore point, so when the data was lost I had no choice other than purchasing a NAS recovery tool.
https://www.remosoftware.com/recover-data-from-network-drive. But this is slightly costly than what you have recommended.
I even tried using Recuva, but unfortunately it did not work for me.

Yeah Recuva not works for NAS, try ZAR if you need recover files later :thumb:


I wonder how this compares to PhotoRec, in terms of recovery power (GUI vs CLI aside). I'll keep it in mind. Looks like the original filenames were intact which is a bonus.

I have tried PhotoRec / TestDisk which is CLI both through OS X Terminal / Windows didn't work at all (no files shown). I followed the procedure on their web.

Title: Re: NAS HDD Recovery Tools ??
Post by: Kennedy on Wed, 18 April 2018, 05:16:25
Yeah Recuva not works for NAS, try ZAR if you need recover files later :thumb:

Yeah.. sure. Thank you